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9 Photos Of Jennifer Lawrence That Will Make You Reassess The Scope Of The 1986 Vienna Convention On The Law Of Treaties Between States And International Organizations | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:51:57 -0700

9 Photos Of Jennifer Lawrence That Will Make You Reassess The Scope Of The 1986 Vienna Convention On The Law Of Treaties Between States And International Organizations | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

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Sun, 19 May 2013 14:02:00 -0700

thickwigz: I wish people wouldn’t just see me as the Asian...

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:19:49 -0700

thickwigz:

I wish people wouldn’t just see me as the Asian girl who beats everyone up, or the Asian girl with no emotion. People see Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock in a romantic comedy, but not me. You add race to it, and it became, ‘Well she’s too Asian’, or ‘She’s too American’. I kind of got pushed out of both categories. It’s a very strange place to be. You’re not Asian enough and then you’re not American enough.

theamericanprospect: “I really like your idea. If we had guns...

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:39:44 -0700

theamericanprospect:

“I really like your idea. If we had guns that shot chocolate, not only would our country be safer, it would be happier. People love chocolate. You are a good boy.”

Joe Biden wins at constituent services. This letter, to a Wisconsin second-grader, is so sweet and sad and just right.

whitegirlblog: I’m Goin’ Down covered by Vampire Weekend

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:50:46 -0700

whitegirlblog:

I’m Goin’ Down covered by Vampire Weekend

"So many fashion “rules” are simply sets of guidelines to managing the connotations of womanhood. The..."

Mon, 06 May 2013 13:05:26 -0700

“So many fashion “rules” are simply sets of guidelines to managing the connotations of womanhood. The shorter the skirt, the lower the heel. The smokier the eyes, the more neutral the mouth. The tighter the pants, the more billowy the shirt. The more colorful the top, the plainer the bottom; the bigger the earrings, the smaller the necklace; the bolder the nail polish, the shorter the nail. I’ve seen all of these “rules” written out in fashion magazines and the like (which isn’t to say that there aren’t plenty of contradictory “rules” or guidelines on how to best break those rules, but these are generally considered to be within “good taste” instead of being fashion-forward), and what stands out isn’t so much the rules themselves as the fact that they’re presented without explanation. You’re supposed to know inherently why you wouldn’t pair a short skirt with high heels, a loud lipstick with a dark eye.
Now, some of these rules make a certain amount of visual sense: If you’re trying to showcase a gorgeous pair of earrings, wearing a bunch of other jewelry will just compete for attention. But other rules make visual sense only because we’ve adopted a collective eye that codes it as “right”—anything else betrays our sense of propriety. A micromini with four-inch heels? Coded as tramp. It doesn’t matter if the visual goal is to lengthen your legs, or if the woman next to you garnering not a single sneer is wearing a skirt just as short with a pair of low-heeled boots. You’ve failed to manage the stigma of womanhood correctly. You haven’t made the right choices, the right tradeoff. You haven’t found that ever-present marker of “good taste”: balance. And while there are all sorts of stigma attached to womanhood, none is so heavily managed and manipulated and contradictory and constantly on the edge of imbalance as sexuality.”

- Autumn Whitefield-Madrano, “Wearing Stigma” (via eibmorb)

The Secret of “The Americans”

Sat, 04 May 2013 10:59:10 -0700

newyorker:

Amy Davidson on “The Americans,” a show about “delusions—romantic, political, bureaucratic, tactical, marital…”: http://nyr.kr/150Zeb6

sylvanburningcenter: WWSED??? {what would sunglasses emoji do}

Fri, 03 May 2013 21:53:32 -0700

sylvanburningcenter:

WWSED??? {what would sunglasses emoji do}

The American Dream, as told by emojis

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:58:49 -0700

The American Dream, as told by emojis

nevver: Weekend plans

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:58:03 -0700

nevver:

Weekend plans

nevver: Chineasy (bot. at sunrise, a young person went walking...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:41:14 -0700

noma bar + shao lan

noma bar + shao lan

noma bar + shao lan

noma bar + shao lan

noma bar + shao lan

nevver:

Chineasy (bot. at sunrise, a young person went walking in the woods)

chaseross: OMG

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 11:30:42 -0700

chaseross:

OMG

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:17:54 -0700

I think I have a BA adviser. People always throw the word “mentor” around vaguely, but I...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:00:06 -0700

I think I have a BA adviser. People always throw the word “mentor” around vaguely, but I feel like I finally found one. This is an important moment.

"Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what..."

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:50:34 -0700

“Freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to choose - and commit myself to - what is best for me.”

- Paulo Coelho (via thrivingtwenties)

nevver: Movie Matinée thx for going with me last night, even...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:49:21 -0700

nevver:

Movie Matinée

thx for going with me last night, even if you did look like a homeless bum.

Beyoncé Songs Re-Imagined as Undergraduate Theses in Women’s and Gender Studies | The Hairpin

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 17:49:49 -0700

Beyoncé Songs Re-Imagined as Undergraduate Theses in Women’s and Gender Studies | The Hairpin